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TIL that studded and spiked dog collars were originally intended to protect dogs from wolves, coyotes, and other predators.

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1mPV TIL that when Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared in 1926, the police asked Arthur Conan Doyle to help find her.
6E0VY TIL a german man hacked thousands of IoT devices and operated a massive botnet in the last 8 years for the sole purpurse of downloading Anime
VMGLk TIL that Porkins (Star Wars Ep IV) and Major Eaton (Raiders of the Lost Ark) were played by the same actor (William Hootkins). Major Eaton was one of the officers who sent Indy on his adventure and at the end of the movie revealed "Top Men" before the warehouse scene.
vjyL TIL The shopkeeper in “The good The bad and The ugly” is still alive, at the age of 103
O4EX TIL that Alan Shepard, the first American in space, wet his spacesuit before getting there—which opened up a whole new research field—space urination